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Johnny Wactor, an actor best known for his role as Brando Corbin in “General Hospital,” was shot and killed during a suspected catalytic converter theft attempt in downtown L.A. on May 25 morning

At least 15 deaths have been reported as a series of severe storms and tornadoes battered the South and the Great Plains over Memorial Day weekend, leaving hundreds of thousands of homes and businesses without power

The French ambassador to Sri Lanka, Jean Francois Pactet, died of a suspected cardiac arrest at his official residence in Rajagiriya on May 27

Taipei has detected 21 Chinese military aircraft and 15 navy or coastguard vessels around Taiwan in the past 24 hours, days after Beijing encircled the island in a massive military drill

Rallies of civil disobedience at the call of the leader of the opposition movement, Archbishop Bagrat Galstanyan, have started early in the morning in different places in Armenia

Iran’s Interior Minister Ahmad Vahidi on Sunday issued the directive for the beginning of the country’s 14th presidential election process, the official news agency IRNA reported.

In a letter addressed to the country’s governors and governor-generals, the interior minister ordered the latter to set up election headquarters and called on the former to form the relevant executive bodies across the country within three days, starting from Sunday, and implement other necessary measures in their respective provinces according to the schedule set for the election process.

Iran‘s Election Headquarters issued a statement on Sunday announcing that the candidates’ registration process would begin as of Thursday for five days until June 3, IRNA reported.

The statement also specified the conditions and qualifications that must be met by those registering for candidacy, including being of Iranian origin, having Iranian nationality and a good track record and reputation, and being committed to Iran’s basics and principles as well as the country’s official religion Islam.

According to IRNA, following the registration, candidates will have to conduct electoral campaigns from June 12 to 27, and the election will be held on June 28.

Iran’s late President Ebrahim Raisi and his entourage died in a helicopter crash on May 19 in a mountainous area in the northwestern Iranian province of East Azarbaijan.

On Monday, Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei appointed the country’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber as the interim president.

Source: Xinhua

The press service of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) reported that head of the headquarters of the radical Hamas movement in the West Bank was killed as a result of an air strike in Rafah, south of the Gaza Strip

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